Environmental groups are fighting plans for new deepwater oil export terminals in the Gulf of Mexico off the coasts of Louisiana and Texas. Groups such as the Sierra Club have started a letter-writing campaign to convince Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg and Maritime Administration’s Lucinda Lessley to deny the permits. There are four deepwater oil …
The University of Arkansas Hope – Texarkana will soon be launching the first solar education lab in the state of Arkansas. KTBS TV reports it’s part of a program to train accredited solar technicians. Click here for KTBS report.
For only the second time in the past year, Gross Receipts to the Oklahoma Treasury in March climbed above collections from the same month of the prior year. Receipts were propelled upward by rising oil and gas revenue, State Treasurer Randy McDaniel announced Tuesday. Collections from all sources in March total $1.1 billion, up by …
The support from New Mexico’s oil producers for new methane rules drawn up by the state got the attention of editorial writers in the Albuquerque Journal. The paper recently pointed out how the new methane rules are an example of how “government is supposed to work.” Click here for Albuquerque Journal editorial.
A fight over pipeline payments led to Energy Transfer LP being sued this week by Exxon Mobil Corp’s XTO Energy shale unit. The disputed payments involve the Dakota Access Pipeline. Reuters reported Energy Transfer hit XTO with deficiency charges and revoked other credits after the oil producer shifted some oil to other outlets last …
The City of Stillwater managed to recover from the February winter storm and historic high gas bills, thanks to some preplanning on the part of city leaders. Click here for Stillwater NewsPress
OGE’s annual shareholder meeting will be held Thursday, May 20 according to a proxy statement filed with the Securities Exchange Commission. This year’s meeting will again be a virtual session because of the COVID-19 pandemic. The agenda includes the election of 10 directors, suggested compensation for company executives and a shareholder proposal calling for …
Phillips 66 predicted this week that its first-quarter loss could approach $700 million, a loss larger than expected because of the severe winter storm that hit the company’s petrochemical operations along the U.S. Gulf Coast. The major refiner, with significant operations in Bartlesville was hit by the February deep freeze which caused large power …
The Kratos XQ-58A Valkyrie drone manufactured in Oklahoma City successfully launched an even smaller unmanned aircraft from inside its internal weapons bay on March 26, the U.S. Air Force announced Monday. The launch came during the Valkyrie’s sixth flight test at the Yuma Proving Ground in Arizona. The drone opened its payload bay doors during flight …
Nearly 200 employees of WPX Energy will lose their jobs as the company wraps up its Tulsa operations over the $12 billion merger with Oklahoma City-based Devon Energy. WPX filed a Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification or WARN Act with the Oklahoma Office of Workforce Development. The filing listing at least 182 jobs that …
